How to Achieve a Healthy City: a Scoping Review with Ten City Examples

This scoping review of the literature explores the following question: what systematic measures are needed to achieve a healthy city? The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests 11 characteristics of a healthy city. Measures contributing to these characteristics are extracted and classified into 29 themes. Implementation of some of these measures is illustrated by examples from Freiburg, Greater Vancouver, Singapore, Seattle, New York City, London, Nantes, Exeter, Copenhagen, and Washington, DC. The identified measures and examples indicate that a healthy city is a system of healthy sectors. A discussion section suggests healthy directions for nine sectors in a healthy city. These sectors include transportation, housing, schools, city planning, local government, environmental management, retail, heritage, and healthcare. Future work is advised to put more focus on characteristic 5 (i.e., the meeting of basic needs for all the city's people) and characteristic 10 (i.e., public health and sick care services accessible to all) of a healthy city.

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  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00798-9
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• Authors:
  • Bafarasat, Abbas Ziafati
  • Sharifi, Ayyoob
• Publication Date: 2024

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 120-140
• Serial:
  • Journal of Urban Health
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 1099-3460
  • EISSN: 1468-2869
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11524

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Built environment; Cities; City planning; Public health; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Greater Vancouver Regional District
• Geographic Terms: Copenhagen (Denmark); Exeter (England); Freiburg (Germany); London (England); Nantes (France); New York (New York); Seattle (Washington); Singapore; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01912892
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 22 2024 5:04PM